Heidi Klum Shares Glimpse of Grotesque 2026 Halloween Costume

Heidi Klum and Daughter Lou, 16, Are the Ultimate Duo at Paris Fashion WeekHeidi Klum is brewing what may be her spookiest Halloween costume yet. A week before her annual star-studded bash, the supermodel shared the first look at her monstrous 2026 Halloween costume, teasing what's sure to be a jaw-dropping transformation. “What’s my costume?” Klum wrote on Instagram Oct. 24 alongside Halloween emojis. “One week to go….#HeidiHalloween.” While the America’s Got Talent judge—mom to kids Leni, 22, with ex Flavio Briatore, as well as Henry, 21, Johan, 19, and Lou, 16, with ex Seal—didn’t reveal much, she shared a glimpse at her fa-boo-lous costume in what appeared to be a zoomed-in image of her look. The photo showed colorful prosthetic pieces in various shapes, textures and colors molded together in a coral reef-like design, with several of the parts looking similar to human organs, such as a brain or intestines. And since Klum is known to draw inspiration from everything from pop culture to body horror to nature—with past transformations ranging from Fiona from Shrek to a giant earthworm to Medusa—fans shared a wide variety of guesses in the comments section of her post.Several users guessed her Halloween costume will be the creature from the 2024 horror film The Substance, Monstro Elisasue, while others suggested the Project Runway host will be dressing as the Clickers from the zombie apocalypse series The Last of Us. Meanwhile, some fans noted they could see Klum strutting in an aquatic costume, such as the Great Barrier Reef or “something under water.” Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicThough the 53-year-old’s transformation won’t be fully revealed until she unveils her look on the red carpet of her Halloween party on Oct. 31, she has confirmed she’s leaning into horror this year. After all, Klum told People in an interview published Sept. 17 that her costume will be “very, very bloody.” “That’s what Halloween is all about,” she added. “We go gory, and we go there.” While the mom of four gives fans pumpkin to talk about with her costume every year, she took Halloween to a new level last year with her Medusa costume. Indeed, the horrifying green costume featured robotic snakes on her head and took 10 hours to make. And to take the look over the edge, her husband Tom Kaulitz dressed as a warrior or man turned to stone. “Everything is hand-painted,” Klum explained to E! News at last year’s bash. “About 15 people have been working on this, and I think they did a fantastic job.” Until we see her mind-blowing transformation this year, read on for a look back at her most epic Halloween costumes…TheStewartofNY/Getty Images2025Heidi Klum and her husband Tom Kaulitz opted for a Grecian vibe, with Klum dressing as Medusa while Kaulitz was one of the warriors she turned to stone. "I've been thinking about Medusa for quite some time," Klum told E! News at the party, "because I've seen over the years obviously many, many Medusas, and I thought, You know, one day I'm going to try my own...I really wanted to have snakes that were moving, a super-ugly, super-scary face, really ugly teeth, and to be like a really long rattlesnake." Photo by John Nacion/WWD via Getty Images2024The couple channeled E.T. from the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. "I loved being E.T. so much," she shared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in August 2025. However, she admitted, “It was so heavy holding that head on my head because it goes from the back to the front. I thought my neck was going to snap off.”John Nacion/WWD via Getty Images2023Heidi was proud as a peacock on the red carpet of her annual party, enlisting nine people to dress as her beautiful tail feathers and claws. Noam Galai/Getty Images for Heidi Klum2022Happy Halloworm from Heidi! While hosting her 21st annual Halloween party presented by Now Screaming X Prime Video and Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur, the America's Got Talent judge debuted her worm costume. Noam Galai/Getty Images for Heidi Klum2022After enjoying a night at Sake No Hana, Heidi changed into a nude sheer bedazzled jumpsuit.Instagram2020"Halloween is different this year," the reality TV star wrote on Instagram amid the coronavirus pandemic, "but that shouldn't stop us from getting creative at home."Instagram2020Heidi channeled a creepy mummy for her Halloween short video. It marked one of her many spooky looks in the five-minute clip.Instagram2020Heidi blended into her walls with this clever costume in 2020.Instagram2020Heidi, are you there? The model was hard to spot, as she perfectly matched the blue and black-streaked bedsheets.Gotham/GC Images2019The star's costume was truly out of this world when she turned herself into a gory alien.Andrew H. Walker/REX/Shutterstock2018The supermodel transformed into everyone's favorite green princess, Fiona, from Shrek. An idea she'd been dreaming about for awhile, "I just never found a crazy enough person that wants to do Shrek with me," she told People. Enter: husband Tom Kaulitz. Michael Stewart/Getty Images2017The America's Got Talent judge had a hair-raising good time dressed up as the werewolf from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video. "I wanted to do the 'Thriller' dance," she explained. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Heidi Klum2016Instead of channeling someone else for the spooky season, the fashion expert opted to clone herself five times with the help of prosthetics and some fabulous wigs. Andrew Toth/WireImage2015Heidi who? The former Project Runway host answered only to Jessica Rabbit.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Heidi Klum2014"They said, 'Are you really in there Mama?'" she told E! News about her kids' reaction to her incredible metamorphosis into a butterfly.Andrew Toth/FilmMagic2013When describing her kids' responses to this elderly get-up, the star told E! News, "The one time that I [looked] like me but older, they were scared."Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Heidi Klum 2012Heidi gave Elizabeth Taylor a run for her money with this chic Cleopatra costume.Paul Zimmerman/WireImage2011Klum's seen here with ex-husband Seal at a time when they were presumably quite a bit more bananas about one another.Michael Tran/FilmMagic2011The former Victoria's Secret Angel looked like she hopped right out of an anatomy textbook. She hosted two parties that year, debuting this look on Oct. 29 in Las Vegas.Bryan Bedder/Getty Images2010The model is tall, but not that tall. Heidi wore stilts to make this robot monstrosity more menacing.Alexandra Wyman/Getty Images2009Little known fact about crows: a group of them is called a murder. Perhaps that's why the model chose the bird for her haunting costume. Distressed to discover the step-and-repeat was black, "Now I work on the background, too," she told People. "Since then, I do the step-and-repeat, the carpet, everything."Photo by CHANCE YEH /Patrick McMullan via Getty Images2008Heidi's costume as the Hindu goddess of death and time, Kali, has since divided the internet.Alexandra Wyman/Getty Images2007Heidi's ferocious feline doesn't hold a creepy candle to the CGI in Cats.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage.com2006She's the apple of our eye in this costume, which was inspired by the biblical tale of Eve and the forbidden fruit.Evan Agostini/WireImage2005Eat your heart out—literally!Johnny Nunez/WireImage2004Not all witches wear black, you know? In fact, this witch had a lacy costume that included a fake skeleton she got at a medical supply store. Theo Wargo/WireImage2003Gladiator goddess or sci-fi dream? Either way, this vivacious look goes down as one of her best.Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage2002The former Victoria's Secret model was red hot, as she channeled the iconic Betty Boop.Theo Wargo/WireImage2001In her second year hosting, the star went full Lady Godiva—horse and all!DMIPhoto/FilmMagic2000While the model's looks have become a lot more elaborate, for her very first party she was just Heidi (as in the character from Johanna Spyri’s German novels), choosing to dress up in a dirndl "but not a tradtional dirndl," she told People. "And in those days I still did my hair and makeup by myself."For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App